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Running Servers Part V
TcX investigated the free databases that were available at the time, plus some commercial databases,
but could not find a system that supported the features it needed and could handle its large databases
at the same time. Because it already had experience writing database programs, TcX decided
that the best way to get what it wanted was to develop a new system that supported SQL.
In 1995, TcX released the source code for MySQL on the Internet. MySQL was not an open source
program at that time (because of some of the restrictions in its license), but it still began to see
widespread use. MySQL was later released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
PHP
PHP is a programming language that was developed specifically for use in Web scripts. It is preferred
by many developers because it??™s designed to be embedded within HTML documents, making it
simpler to manage Web content and scripts within a single file.
PHP originated as a set of Perl scripts by Rasmus Lerdorf called PHP/FI (Personal Home Page/Forms
Interpreter). Over time, more features were implemented, and Rasmus rewrote PHP/FI in C.
In late 1997, Andi Gutmans and Zeev Suraski began working on a complete rewrite of PHP/FI. As
the language evolved and more features were implemented, Gutmans and Suraski decided that it
would be appropriate to rename the project to more accurately reflect these features.
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